Tie-plate and rail-anticreeper.



u M. SCHWINDLING. TIE PLATE AND RAH. AN'TICREEPER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-28. 1915.

1, l 0,33 1 Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

MScHwm/mme MATHEW SCHWINDLING, OF WEST NEWTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE"PILA.TE AND BAIL-ANTICREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Now. 16, 1915,

Application filed August 28, 1915. Serial No. 47,858.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MATHEW SoHwmoLINe, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Newton, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Plates and Rail-Anticreepcrs, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to means for holding railway rails down upon the ties, andparticularly to a combined tie plate and rail anti-creeper.

One object of the invention is to provide means for ,holding a rail upon a tie, in the nature of a rall chair and tie plate which will prevent the rail from cutting into the tie and hold the rails securely from longitudinal movement.

A further object of the invention is to providea tie plate and rail anti-creeper which will support the rail very firmly and which, if the rail breaks, will hold the broken ends of the rail securely in alinement with each other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rail chair or tie plate, so constructed that the rail may be readily attached or detached therefrom without the necessity of driving or pulling spikes, and which will. thus eliminate labor in setting rails or replacing them.

Other objects will appear in the course of w the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my tie plate and anti-creeper mounted in connection with a rail and tie; Fig. 2 is a top plan view partly in section of the plate and anticreeper; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4c is a section on the line 41- 1 of Fig. 1; Figs. 5 and 6 are under side views of the wedges.

Referring to these drawings, 2 designates generally a tie plate. This comprises a longitudinally extending web 3 having at one end a relatively wide transversely extending head 4 or plate which is adapted to rest upon the tie and at the other end a transversely extending web or plate 5. On

one side or end of the head 4 there is provided the overhanging flange 6 having a downwardly and outwardly inclined inner face adapted to engage over the'base flange of the rail A. This thickened portion 7 of the web head'l is formed with the spike openings 8, referably two in number; The inner wall d f the overhanging flange- 6 extends parallel to the rail and parallel to the web 3. The opposite side of the head 1 is formed with the thickened portion 9 to provide the overhanging flange 10, the under face of which flange is parallel to the bottom of the tie plate. The inner wall 11 of this flange extends at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the web 3 and the floor of the web :1 is cut away or grooved as at/12, the wall 13 of this groove being in a slightly divergent relation to the inner wall 11 of the flange.

The head 5 is also formed on one side with y the thickened portion 141 which is cut away to form .an overhanging flange 15 the inner wall of which is parallel to the axis of the web 3. At its opposite end the web 5 has a thickened portion 16 formed to provide an overhanging flange 17, the inner wall 18 of which extends to an angle to the longitudinal axis of the web 3 and this angle is preferably greater than the angle of the inner wall 11 of the flange 10. The web of the head 5 is also grooved or cut away as at 19, the wall 20 of this groove being in slightly diverger relation to the wall 18.

Coaching operatively with the thickened formed with the downwardly extending flange 25 which fits between the overhanging flanges 10 or 17 and the floor of the grooves 12 or 19 as the case may be. Each flange 25, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, is slightly wedgeshaped in plan or horizontally and vertically so that when the flange 25 is forced into its seat it will have wedging engagcment with the overhanging flange 1001' 17 and be iocked'in place. Furthermore, of course, the face 26 of each wedge has wedging engagement with the edge of the overhanging flange 10 or 17, respectively.

The thickened portion or abutment 9 is formed with spike holes 8 as previously described for the thickened portion or abutment 7, and by means of spikes 27 driven through these openings the'tie plate is held securely down upon the tie beam. After the tie plate is placed upon the'tie B the rails are disposed in position and then the wedges 21 are driven home, thus clamping the rail securely in place and bracing it against lateral thrust. The tie plate is so disposed that any tendency of the rail to creep in one direction will cause the wedges to tighten up and thus hold the rails securely against any creeping movement. Furthermore, as in adjusting rails or setting them it is not necessary to spike the rails themselves, it will be obvious that the use of my device will save the work of from fifteen to twenty men. ()ne man can loosen as many rails as twenty men can take out in changing rails, and one man can tighten up as many rails as twenty men can put in. If the rail should break between the tie plate and the anti-creeper,- niy construction will keep the broken ends of the rails in alinement with. each other, and if the rail should break betweenthe anti-creeper "and the second tie the anti-creeper will protect it. Furthermore, the ties will be kept straight and the rails will not be allowed to move. If it is not desired to use this device on every tie and it is only necessary to keep the rails from creeping, four or five of these tie plates and anti-creepers may be disposed along therail and'will securely hold the rail from any creeping movement. Ordinarily,

v howeveigthere will be as'many tie plates and anti-creepers as there are. ties. The head 4- of the tie plate and'the portion 3 will rest upon the tie and the head 5 will'be disposed between ties.

It is again pointed out that the'wedges 21 and 22 not only have wedginc iengagement between the abutments and the rail but each of these wedges has wedging engagement by means of the flange 25 with the abutment 9 or the abutment 16. This is necessary because thereby the wedges are held more securely from accidentally coming out of place. My device may be used on three kinds of rails, pounds, 80 pounds, and 100 pounds, without change. It will be noted that the angle of the wedge 21 is greater than the angle of the wedge 22. Thus the wedge 21 acts quicker and with more power than the wedge 22. The wedge 22' on the tie plate acts primarily as a means for holding the rail to the tie while the "wedge 21 acts primarily as a means for keeping the rail from creeping. The greater the angle; of the 'wedging face of the wedge 21 the greater ed to overhang and -engage with the base flange of a rail, overhanging flanges on opposite ends of the heads, and rail. engaging Wedges having interlocking engagement with the overhanging flanges and movable in one direction to clamp the rails in place.

2. A device of the character described comprising a tie plate having means for attachment to a tie, a web extending longitudinally from the tie plate and having a head, means on the tie plate for engaging a rail and holding the rail to the tie plate and the web, and means on the head for engaging the base of a rail and lockingit in place.

3. A device of the character described comprising a' longitudinally extending web hav ing laterally extending heads at opposite ends, a flange on oneend of each head cut away to overhang and engage with the base of a rail, abutments on the opposite ends of the heads formed to provide overhanging flanges, the inner walls of said abutments and the inner edges of the flanges extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the web, and rail engaging wedges adapted to engage beneath said flanges and having wedging engagement with the inner Walls of said abutments 4. A device of the character described co1nprising a tie plate having thickened abutments at its ends, one of said abutments being formed with an overhanging rail engaging flange, the other being provided with an overhanging flange, both of said abutments being formed with spike openings, a web extending longitudinally from said tie plate,

a head formed upon theend of the web and having lateral abutments each formed with an overhanging flange, and rail engaging wedges having interlocking engagement laterally extending heads at opposite ends, each of said heads being formed on one side with an overhanging flange adapted to-engage the base of a rail, each of said heads at its opposite end being formed with an abutment having an overhanging flange, the inner face of each abutment and the edge of the flange being inclined relative to the aXis of the web, the face of the head immediately beneath the overhanging flange being longitudinally grooved, and rail engaging Wedges cut away to fit over and en In testim ny whereof I hereunto aflix my gage with the base flange of a railfieach of signature in the presence of two wltnesses.

'- said Wedges having on its lateral edge a flange adapted to wedgingly engage in said I MATHEW SCHWINDLING' groove againstthe inner face of the abut- Witnesses: I ment and beneath the overhanging Iflarnge W. F. MCKENERY,

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